PURPOSE: To provide a KARAOKE playing terminal capable of using the scene of a movie, a drama and animation, etc., in a range wider than ever as the background video of KARAOKE performance.

CONSTITUTION: A CPU 124 in this KARAOKE playing terminal 10 receives a background video list from a video reproducing device 20 via an interface 17. When no instruction of charge free designation via an input panel 18 is issued, the CPU 14 selects a designation number in accordance with the genre attribute of music whose performance is requested from toll designation numbers in the background video list. The transmission of charge information with charge amount in accordance with the charge of a selected background video is requested to a charge imposing center 30. When the charge imposing information is transmitted from a charge collection substitute system 51, the amount (equivalent to video toll) set on the charge imposing information is imposed on the subscriber contractor of a public telephone line to which the KARAOKE playing terminal 10 is connected, and the charge is substitute-collected by the install agency of the charge collection substitute system 51.